by Stanisław Lem · Suhrkamp · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518368022
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«Die Jagd. Neue Geschichten des Piloten Pirx» is the science fiction short story collection by Stanisław Lem, published by Suhrkamp in paperback (262 pages).
The book brings together six stories featuring Pirx, a sceptical, unheroic but brave pilot, wary of robots. In the title story, a robot's gratitude becomes the centre of the conflict; in «Die Verhandlung», Pirx must identify the robotic members of his crew on a space flight.
Second volume of the «Pilot Pirx» series, published in 1976, with German translation by Roswitha Buschmann, Kurt Kelm and Barbara Sparing. «Phantastische Bibliothek» collection.
For science fiction readers who enjoy space stories and the role of robots in space exploration.
Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world.
